Dozens of universities have set up Pop Up Clinics and Walk In Centres for students to receive covid vaccines, as the new academic year begins. Students who are not yet vaccinated, are being urged to getjabs during freshers week. Megan paterson has the details. A new addition to the usual freshers week festivities at Oxford Brookes University Pop Up Clinics and grab a Jab Drop ins, all aimed at encouraging as many students as possible to get vaccinated, amid some concern about covid spread in young people. We are aware just before the summer there was quite a high increase in Covid Infection rates amongst the 18 24 year olds, so we re really keen to try and sort of capture them just as they re coming back to university, to make sure in the environment they live in maybe in shared houses that we minimise the spread and the transmission of covid as much as possible. Obviously we want people to really enjoy their University Terms and so it s to really make it possible for them to do that.
The crowds in paris. Frances most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. The pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion Dollar Contract to buy french submarines. Hugh schofield reports. For the americans, the australians and the british, its a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But Australias Decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by President Macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for frances anger. I think this has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of a partnership because it was not a contract, it was a partnership. This evening the Foreign Minister, jean yves Le Drian, spoke again on national televisi
Now on bbc news, bbc persian s arts reporter, maryam erfan, introduces us to epic iran. Its the biggest exhibition of iranian Art And Culture in the uk in nearly a century. Hundreds of artefacts showcasing one of the worlds great civilisations, from 5,000 years ago to the present day. 0ne absolutely spectacular piece is a little gold chariot. And youll see it consists of a lot of tiny parts which have been soldered together. Its a technological masterpiece. Its hosted by Londons Victoria and Albert Museum the V A. Im maryam erfan, and i cover arts for bbc persia. The epic Iran Exhibit has been hugely popular, and ive come to share some of the highlights of this wonderful exhibition with you, and to introduce you to some of the experts behind the making of it. It was quite a task, with objects coming from Art Collections all over the world. I know there are some real treasures here from my homeland some of them have never been on public display before. And i feel privileged to see them
Dozens of universities have set up Pop Up Clinics and Walk In Centres for students to receive covid vaccines, as the new academic year begins. Students who are not yet vaccinated, are being urged to getjabs during freshers week. Megan paterson, has the details. Have you registered with a gp . A new addition to the usual freshers week festivities at oxford brookes university. 0. 3. Pop up clinics and grab a Jab Drop ins allaimed at encouraging as many students as possible to get vaccinated, amid some concern about covid spread in young people. We are aware just before the summer there was quite a high increase in Covid Infection rates amongst the 18 24 year olds, so were really keen to try and sort of capture them just as theyre coming back to university, to make sure in the environment they live in maybe in shared houses that we minimize the spread and the transmission of covid as much as possible. Obviously, we want people to really enjoy their university terms, and so its to really m
Strike during their final days in afghanistan. Strictly S Back but theres controversy as reports suggests that two of the show s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. And coming up. Well find out about the biggest exhibition of iranian arts and culture in the uk. Thats at 2 30pm here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The government is holding urgent talks with the Energy Industry about a sharp increase in wholesale Gas Prices, which have risen to record levels. There are warnings that the increase will raise Consumer Energy costs and other prices its already affecting Food Production and agriculture. The rising cost of wholesale Gas Prices is being driven by several factors including strong global demand. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin has more. Gas is a key source of the energy that helps to heat our homes and power our industries. But reasons including high demand and lower solar and Wind Output have seen wholesale prices soar, almost doubling since the start of thi